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Reports: Grace Mugabe 'flees Zimbabwe for Namibia' after military take over
Date: 2017-11-15 22:23:25 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:81 - ID:7092715
HARARE, Nov 15 (MENA) - Grace Mugabe, the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, is reported to have fled the country for neighbouring Namibia, The Independent said. Her husband is thought to be under house arrest in the southern African ....
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Suicide bombers kill 10 in Nigeria's Maiduguri: emergency official
Date: 2017-11-15 21:27:23 GMT - Nigeria - Africa - SN:77 - ID:7092874
ABUJA, Nov 15 (MENA) - An emergency agency official said Wednesday that suicide bomb attackers killed 10 people and wounded 30 in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, The New York Times reported. Militant group Boko Haram has killed more than ....
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Mugabe is safe, says South African President
Date: 2017-11-15 12:36:36 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:37 - ID:7091962
PRETORIA, Nov 15 (MENA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma said Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is held in his house safe and sound. Zuma said he had spoken to Mugabe who had indicated that he "was confined to his home but said that he was ....
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South Africa's leader calls for 'calm and restraint' in Zimbabwe
Date: 2017-11-15 11:07:23 GMT - South Africa - Africa - SN:26 - ID:7091716
PRETORIA, Nov 15 (MENA) - South African President Jacob Zuma said he is watching the events unfolding in neighboring Zimbabwe with "great concern", calling for "calm and restraint" in Zimbabwe, the BBC reported Wednesday. An official statement ....
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Mugabe and his family under house arrest -- spokesman
Date: 2017-11-15 09:17:23 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:17 - ID:7091493
HARARE, Nov 15 (MENA) - Robert Mugabe has been placed under house arrest, a spokesman for Zimbabwe army announced The army claimed that Mugabe is “safe and sound”, euronews reported. The army announced that it has taken control of TV building ....
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Zimbabwe troops seen on streets around gov't buildings
Date: 2017-11-15 06:50:14 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:5 - ID:7091313
HARARE, Nov 15 (MENA) - Zimbabwe army is reported to have closed all streets leading to government buildings and the parliament premises in the capital, eyewitnesses here said as quoted by the Euronews. News reports said military in Zimbabwe ....
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US urges Zimbabwe parties to calmly resolve disputes
Date: 2017-11-15 06:38:19 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:3 - ID:7091304
WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (MENA) - The United States has urged all parties in Zimbabwe to resolve their disputes calmly and peacefully after troops took up positions around the capital Harare and the ruling party accused the head of the armed forces of ....
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Zimbabwe: Army tanks seen heading towards capital Harare
Date: 2017-11-14 18:46:24 GMT - Zimbabwe - Africa - SN:69 - ID:7091033
HARARE, Nov 14 (MENA) - Tanks have been spotted heading towards Zimbabwe's capital Harare. Eyewitnesses said military vehicles were also blocking major roads outside the city, The Independent reported Tuesday. Local media also reported that ....
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US says killed 40 Islamists in Somalia strikes
Date: 2017-11-13 22:34:22 GMT - USA - Africa - SN:69 - ID:7089513
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - The Pentagon said Monday that US forces had killed 40 Shabaab and Daesh fighters in a series of strikes on Somalia that began late last week. The US military has launched five strikes since Thursday on jihadist ....
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Dakar to host International Forum on Peace, Security in Africa
Date: 2017-11-11 13:43:27 GMT - Mauritania - Africa - SN:35 - ID:7085729
NOUAKCHOTT, Nov 11 (MENA) - The Senegalese capital Dakar will host on Monday and Tuesday the International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa. The forum will witness the participation of leaders and premiers who will discuss the current ....
